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In their 6 years of existence, Akalé Wubé have never stopped widening the canvas onto which they lay their music, which keeps becoming richer and deeper just like the their primary source of inspiration: the popular Ethiopian repertoire of the 60s and 70s. The band started off covering music from the “Ethiopiques” series, after which they immersed themselves deeper into Ethiopian music, all the while multiplying their collaborations with musicians and dancers from Ethiopia, Africa and Europe. Slowly but surely, clocking in at around 200 concerts in Europe, Asia and Africa, the band has become one of the world’s leading ambassadors of Ethiopian groove. Wubé”, “Mata” and "Sost", all critically acclaimed by critics and both have been featured on numerous compilations. The quintet have played over two hundred concerts, in Europe, Africa, Asia ... References : Fête de la musique de Radio France (2012) live from park André Citroen - Paris on all Radio France stations, Festival Jazz à Vienne, Jazz sous les Pommiers (Coutances), la Cigale (Paris), monthly residence at Studio de l'Ermitage since 2010, Paris, etc..., Tours in Morocco, Ethiopia, Belgium, Denmark, Malta, China, South Korea (Gwangju World Music Festival), South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland (Bushfire Festival), London Jazz Festival, Shanghai Jazz Festival, Festival des Suds (Arles), Azgo Festival (Mozambique), Poland etc... Collaborations : Singers : Madjid Bekas, Genet Asefa, Eric Menneteau, Souad Asla, Nuru Kane, Karim Chaya Dancers : Melaku Belay, Fikerte Teka Musicians : Manu Dibango, Krar Collective, Lansiné Diabaté, Fanta Mara, Blundetto, David Neerman, Emmanuel Duprey, Vincent Peirani, Vincent Bucher, Simon Winsé, Mathias Mahler, Benoit Giffard, Thomas N'ing, Cyrille Méchin, Yoann Loustalot, Olivier Zanot, Etienne Raguenel, Erwan Loeffel, Mathieu Jerôme, Clément Janinet, Etienne Raguenel, Laurian Daire... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.